Wirin' up blinkenlights

From: Richard Erlacher <richard_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Jun 8 19:27:01 2000

Careful, now . . . due to the passage of time and the change of the
"climate" the PDP's, Vaxen, Cray's, etc, that are sitting in basements and
garages are the toys now, and the former toys, the PC's, are the "real"
computers. Bizzarre, isn't it?

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Wirin' up blinkenlights


> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > simulator and a PDP-11/45 front panel with no CPU boards. I'd like to
do
> > > sort of a faux PDP-11/45 with this setup by somehow wiring the front
panel
> > > up to the PC running Sim.
> > >
> > > Am I completely out of my mind, or is there even the remotest chance
of
> >
> > We're all out of our minds on this list ;-)
>
> Actually, I think that adding blinking lights, and switches, to any
> computer is a good idea, and, as my PDP-11s don't have lights and
> switches, I think it's time to add them... by creating a separate rack
> panel, of course. Has anyone here added lights and switches to one of
> the PDP-11s of incomplete design?
>
> > It's _possible_. It's probably less work to find a set of 11/45 CPU
> > boards and get them working, but it's still _possible_ to do what you
ask.
>
> The idea of finding a set of PDP-11 boards is a better idea, as then the
> front panel could be used with non-toy computer equipment.
>
> --
> R. D. Davis
> rdd_at_perqlogic.com
> http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
> 410-744-4900
>
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